Endocrine and Nervous Systems
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| ab/lat/ion | action to take away from
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| acro- | highest point, extremity
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| ad/ren/al | pertaining to toward the kidney
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| alges | sensation of pain
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| aneurysm | dilation
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| angi/o | blood vessel
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| anti/di/uret/ic | pertaining to against complete urination
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| arteri/o | artery
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| astr/o | star
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| audit | hearing
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| axon | axis; single process of a nerve cell carrying nervous impulses away from the cell body
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| calc | calcium
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| cerebell | little brain
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| cervic | neck
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| cognition | knowledge
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| concuss | shake violently
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| contus | bruise
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| crani | cranium, skull
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| crin/o | secrete
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| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid
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| dendrite | looking like a tree; branched extension of the nerve cell body that receives nervous stimuli
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| diagnost | decision
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| dict | consent, surrender
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| dips | thirst
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| ech/o | sound wave
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| electr/o | electricity
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| encepahl/o | brain
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| epi/dur/al | pertaining to above dura mater
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| epilep | seizure
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| epi/nephr/ine | pertaining to upon the kidney
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| esthesi/a | sensation, feeling
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| exophthalmos | protrusion of the eyeball
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| ganglion | collection of nerve cell bodies outside of the CNS
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| gemin | twin
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| gland | acorn
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| gluc/o/neo/genesis | creation of new glucose
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| hormon | chemical messenger
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| hyper/glyc/emia | blood condition of excessive sugar
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| hypo/glyc/emia | blood condition of deficient sugar
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| hypophysis | pituitary gland
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| -in | chemical compound
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| ket/o | ketone
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| lact | milk
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| megaly | enlargment
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| meninges | membrane
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| mot | move
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| myel/in | substance of the spinal cord; sheath around the axon of a nerve
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| myx- | mucus
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| nerve | a cord of fibers in connective tissue that conduct impulses
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| neur/o | nerve
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| neuron | nerve cell
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| occipit | back of the head
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| ocul/o | eye
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| olfact | smell
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| -or | doer
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| -ory | having the function of
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| oxy- | rapid
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| pancreas | sweetbread
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| pariet | wall
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| phag | eating
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| pheo- | gray
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| pineal | like a pine cone
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| pleg | paralysis
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| -plexy | stroke
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| press | press, close
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| pro- | before
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| saline | salt solution
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| somat/o | the body
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| somn | sleep
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| son/o | sound
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| spinal tap | placement of a needle through an intervertebral space to withdraw CSF
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| thec | shield
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| thromb/o | clot
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| thymus | sweetbread
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| toc | childbirth
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| trochle | pulley
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| -tropin | stimulation
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| ultra- | beyond
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| ur | urine
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| vas/o | blood vessel
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| ven/o | vein
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| ventricle | a cavity of the heart or brain
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| vuls | tear, pull
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